Apple A6
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The Apple A6 is a custom-designed 32-bit system-on-a-chip used in devices like the iPhone 5 and 5C, notable for being Apple’s first CPU core designed entirely in-house.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Apple A6 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5497966 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Apple A6 Context triple: [Apple A-series, includesModel, Apple A6]
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A.
Apple A5
The Apple A5 is a dual-core system-on-a-chip designed by Apple that powered devices like the iPhone 4S and iPad 2, offering significantly improved performance and graphics over its predecessor.
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B.
Apple A8
Apple A8 is a 64-bit ARM-based system-on-a-chip designed by Apple Inc. that powered devices like the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, offering improved performance and energy efficiency over its predecessor.
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C.
Apple A10 Fusion
The Apple A10 Fusion is a 64-bit ARM-based system-on-a-chip designed by Apple, notable for introducing a quad-core CPU with a performance/efficiency core architecture used in devices like the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus.
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D.
Apple A9
The Apple A9 is a 64-bit ARM-based system-on-a-chip designed by Apple that powers devices like the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, offering significant performance and efficiency improvements over its predecessors.
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E.
Apple A10X Fusion
Apple A10X Fusion is a high-performance 64-bit ARM-based system-on-a-chip designed by Apple for use in iPad Pro models and Apple TV 4K, offering enhanced CPU and GPU capabilities over the A10.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Apple A6 Target entity description: The Apple A6 is a custom-designed 32-bit system-on-a-chip used in devices like the iPhone 5 and 5C, notable for being Apple’s first CPU core designed entirely in-house.
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A.
Apple A5
The Apple A5 is a dual-core system-on-a-chip designed by Apple that powered devices like the iPhone 4S and iPad 2, offering significantly improved performance and graphics over its predecessor.
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B.
Apple A8
Apple A8 is a 64-bit ARM-based system-on-a-chip designed by Apple Inc. that powered devices like the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, offering improved performance and energy efficiency over its predecessor.
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C.
Apple A10 Fusion
The Apple A10 Fusion is a 64-bit ARM-based system-on-a-chip designed by Apple, notable for introducing a quad-core CPU with a performance/efficiency core architecture used in devices like the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus.
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D.
Apple A9
The Apple A9 is a 64-bit ARM-based system-on-a-chip designed by Apple that powers devices like the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, offering significant performance and efficiency improvements over its predecessors.
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E.
Apple A10X Fusion
Apple A10X Fusion is a high-performance 64-bit ARM-based system-on-a-chip designed by Apple for use in iPad Pro models and Apple TV 4K, offering enhanced CPU and GPU capabilities over the A10.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | system-on-a-chip ⓘ |
| applicationDomain |
smartphones
ⓘ
tablet computers ⓘ |
| architecture | ARMv7-A NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bitWidth | 32-bit ⓘ |
| category | mobile processor ⓘ |
| clockSpeed | approximately 1.3 GHz ⓘ |
| coreCount | 2 ⓘ |
| cpuCore | Swift NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cpuCoreDesign | Apple in-house custom design ⓘ |
| cpuType | dual-core ⓘ |
| designer | Apple Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dieSize | approximately 97 mm² ⓘ |
| fabricationProcess | 32 nm HKMG CMOS ⓘ |
| family | Apple Ax series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstFullyCustomCpuCoreBy | Apple Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstUsedIn | iPhone 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundry | Samsung Electronics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gpu | PowerVR SGX543MP3 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gpuDesigner | Imagination Technologies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instructionSet | ARMv7-A NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| integrates |
CPU
ⓘ
GPU ⓘ image signal processor ⓘ memory controller ⓘ |
| introductionDate | September 12, 2012 ⓘ |
| marketedBy | Apple Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | being Apple’s first fully custom CPU core design ⓘ |
| packageType | PoP (Package on Package) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performanceComparedToAppleA5 | significantly higher ⓘ |
| powerEfficiencyComparedToPredecessor | improved ⓘ |
| predecessor | Apple A5 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| processNode | 32 nm ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2012 ⓘ |
| successor | Apple A7 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supports |
ARMv7-A instruction set
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
ARMv7s variant used by Apple ⓘ NEON ⓘ Thumb-2 ⓘ VFPv4 ⓘ |
| targetPlatform | iOS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| technologyNode | 32 nm ⓘ |
| usedIn | consumer electronics ⓘ |
| usedInDevice |
iPad (4th generation)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
iPhone 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ iPhone 5c NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Apple A6 Description of subject: The Apple A6 is a custom-designed 32-bit system-on-a-chip used in devices like the iPhone 5 and 5C, notable for being Apple’s first CPU core designed entirely in-house.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.